Trump Talks ‘Discombobulator’ Sonic Weapon
President Trump sat down with NBC’s Tom Llamas for a wide-ranging Oval Office interview. They covered crime, the economy, 2028 — and a striking military claim about Venezuela.
Last month, U.S. special forces carried out an operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, according to U.S. officials. Venezuela says more than 100 security personnel and soldiers died. The U.S. says no service members were killed. Trump said a few were injured and are recovering.
An on-site security guard gave a dramatic account of what happened that day. He described systems failing and unfamiliar tactics. Here is his recollection:
“On the day of the operation, we didn’t hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react,” the security guard recounted.
The interviewer asked about the battle, and the witness answered bluntly:
“And then the battle began?” the interviewer asked.
“Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed. It seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn’t do anything,” the witness said.
When pressed about their weapons, the guard described a terrifying new effect:
“And your own weapons? Didn’t they help?” the interviewer asked.
“No help at all. Because it wasn’t just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don’t know how to describe it. It was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move,” he said.
He added this, describing the small assault force behind the attack:
“Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I’ve never seen anything like it. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was,” the eyewitness said.
Llamas asked the president about the weapon by name. Trump used a cheeky term and pushed back on details:
“You talked about the weapon – the discombobulator – what is that?” Llamas asked Trump.
“Discombobulator, well, I’m not allowed to talk about it. Let me just tell you, you know what it does? None of their equipment works, that’s what it does!” Trump said.
Trump also leaned into the nickname and the result:
“It was my name – I’m very proud of the name. It was discombobulated. It was, you know, practically a shot wasn’t fired. You know, they were ready!” Trump said.
He kept the tone short and confident:
“Tom, it discombobulated everything!” Trump said.
When Llamas noted the sweeping effect, he put it plainly:
“Nothing worked, even including humans!” Llamas said.
Trump stressed the operation’s success and low U.S. losses:
“Well, let’s put it this way. We lost no equipment in a very strong, and they’re good fighters, great fighters, in a very bad environment. It was a military base, the biggest in South America, in a very, because the house was in a base in South, in a very, very tough environment. We lost no men and we lost no equipment,” Trump said.
Llamas repeated the core claim:
“It discombobulated.. just knocked everything,” Llamas said.
“Well, it did something!” Trump said.
The interview mixes battlefield claims, vivid eyewitness testimony, and a president willing to name a weapon in colorful terms. Independent verification would be needed to confirm exactly what tech was used. Experts point to several possibilities — electronic warfare that blinds radars, directed-energy systems, or novel acoustic devices — but none of that was confirmed on the record during the interview.
For now, the story rests on eyewitness reports and the president’s remarks. It’s a striking picture: a small, high-tech team. A weapon that allegedly knocked systems offline and left defenders incapacitated. And no U.S. fatalities. The full interview aired on NBC Nightly News.